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`4 Patented Mam. 2, 1869. f

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DANIELV s. EARLY, or HUMMELsfrowu,Y PnNNsYLvANiA., I

' l y Lattem'faent No. 87,400, [lated Mrt-rch, il, 1869.

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The Schedule referred to in than Len-.ersparen and making pari: of the same.

To all whom t't-may concern:

4Be it known that I, DANIEL S. EARLY, of Hummelstown, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented' a. new and useful Improvement in Cultivator's; and I do hereby decl'are 'that the. following' is a full, olea-r, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and letter-sof reference marked thereon, making a part; of this specificatioinin whichm Figure 7 is a' like view of the machine .when arranged for cultivating.

Figure 8 -is a rear elevation of the machine when ar- Figure 9 is a side elevation of the machine when arranged as a shovel-barrow.

Figure 10 is a. side` elevation of it when made into a tooth-barrow. i

. Figure 1l is a like view of it when used as a broadcast'graimsower.

To enable those skilled in the art to make `and use my invent-ion, I now proceed to describe, its construction arid operation.

Similarlettersin the drawings refer to like parts., This invention consistsv in providing a cultivator or barrow-tooth, with two recesses o` equal` size, one' on each` side, and both near the' top, the formation oi the recesses leaving a head upon the upper end of the tooth, and in making, in the frame of the cultivator or harro'w,"two .conjoined slots, of unequal widtb,for each tooth, whereof the wider slot reoeives'the head of the tooth, which maythen be slid forward, sothat the n arrower'slot shall receive that partofth tooth made smaller by the formationof the aioresad recesses, which donc, the head before mentioned. prevents the tooth from falling down through the said narrower slot, and the. tooth cannot be p'nshed up through the slot, and a key inserted inthe wider slot behind the tooth, securely fastens it tothe frame, whence it may easilybo detached... l

The invention also consists in -lprovidin g s uohla tooth with a .socket extending rcarwai'rrl, for the. reception oi' the lower part of the key above referred to.

' The inventionalso consists in attaching the whiiiicthe machine may be running.

lend of the fiume, tbrough'w'hich clevis the aforesaid-l tongue passes, and by means of which it may be set at vany desired elevation."

In thealrawin'gs, e represents a tongue, pivoted at its, rear end to a lug projecting from the middle beam, to

the forward end of' which tongue I designv to attach the Whittle-tree, iirordcr tl\at,'b v raising they tongue. on its pivot, the whiiiie-tree may be elevated to any heightnecessary to cause it to'clear the plants among which To set the tongue atrthe required height, I employ` a clevis, h, pivoted atits lower end to a lug project-ing from the band connecting the forward ends f the two 'outer beams, through which lclevis the 'tongue passes,

both tongueandclevis being provided with a suiiioient number of holes to enable them to be fastened together,

by a pin, at ,any desired angle.

'A represents a cultivator-tooth, in which are made, near its upper end and upon opposite sides, two recesses,

da., of equal size,by the formation of which a head, a',

is lett upon the top of the tooth.

B represents a cultivator-frame, in which aremadc, for the reception of each tooth, a double slot, '11, com# posed of two parts-,') b', whereof tlr'e part b is of just sutiicient width to receive the head c' of cach-tooth, and the part b' is just wide enough to receive the narrow part c" of each tooth.- If, then, the `headol be passed from the under side np through the widerslot, '1), and the tooth be then slid forward. so that its nar- -rowest parte, a", occupies the slot b', the Vhead'a'prevents the tooth from falling down through the slot, nor can the tooth be pushed up through it, and a key, c,'in-

:sorted behind, in the slot b, prevents theftooth from` sliding back, and itis thus securely lattached .to the frame, whence it maybe detached. simply by removing the key and sliding back the tooth, sothat the heady may slip through the slot b.'

No bolts or nuts forming part oi' this system of con.

uection, neither hammer nor wrench is required-in atlFirst, a scorer, 'made by placing one Shovel at the rear end of veach outer beam, as'seen at fg. 6. u Second, a cultivator, made b vadding to the scorer a -third shovel, as seen at fig. Third, a shovel-barrow, made by adding to the oultivator two additional shovels upon each outer beam. as seen at fig. 9.

Fourth, a corn-plow, made by removing all the shovels, and placing a share at the rearjend of eaohonter Fifth, :t tooth-narrow, marde by removing all the shoveis, and replacing them with teeth, as seen in 10.

Sixth, :i broadcast grain-coverer, made by removing all the shovels, :md replacing theni with sharesn.s seen in ff. 11

Seventh, at coin-eoverer, made by a lding tothe cornplow, a. roller, placed at the rear end ofthel centre-beam, und setting to two outer beams suiiiciently near enrh other, as 'seen :it iig. B..

The vertical benin of the gouge-wheel may be pro vided with two or. more pairs ofroeessos, one below the. other, with in 4additional head, w, between the two pairs, which provision ein bles the wheel to be so set as to voause the teeth to out deep or shallow, :it pleasure.

The fmmel here shown is that patented by myself, October 6, 1868.

What I claim new, and desire to secure by Let-- tors Patent, is-

1. The tongue e, in combination with the clevis h,

as ond for the purpose sut forth. 

